This is Susan Farrell. The first woman to die of COVID in Michigan prison. She was 74. Served over 30 years for allegedly killing her husband, who sexually & physically abused her. Just heard from her bunkmate, who alerted guards. They put her in solitary for it. It's even worse: 
They let Susan Farrell seize in cell for 45 minutes w the bunkmate screaming for someone and watching her die before healthcare came. Then they cuffed the bunkie, brought her to the command center, then stripped her down and put her in "bam-bam" for 3 full days. What is bam-bam?
The punishment for screaming for help for a dying woman was bam-bam. An extreme form of solitary. "Solitary with 0 property, the lights on the entire time and a camera rolling, a Prison Observation Aide coming by every 15 minutes, and essentially nothing at all in the room."
This is what they force you to wear in bam-bam in women's prison in Michigan. Women's Huron Valley to be exact. This is what they forced a woman trying to get guards to pay attention to a dying elderly woman seizing in her cell to wear.
Here is more on Susan Farrell. "She endured years of domestic violence, including sexual assault, that caused so much physical damage, 'they've done surgeries because of what my husband did to me. I have a bad vaginal prolapse and a bowel prolapse.'"freep.com/story/news/hea…
"He would punch me, grab me, slap me on my face. If I said no to something, it would get him a little bit angry. I tried to keep myself from being confrontational."
Her last attempt at a commutation was in 2018, but her request was denied.
Her last attempt at a commutation was in 2018, but her request was denied.
"In prison her already frail health never stood a chance against COVID. Susan is another battered woman whose case was misunderstood in a criminal justice system that has so much to learn about intimate partner violence. Her entire life of abuse ended in death behind bars."
OUTRAGED? Take action now. Call on Michigan Governor Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) to release elderly and vulnerable people from prison in Michigan now. #LetMiPeopleGo
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